प्रबोधेऽपि कुतः सौख्यं कार्यैरुपहतात्मनः
Even upon awakening, how can there be happiness for one whose mind is obstructed by duties?
प्रातर्मूत्रपुरीषाभ्यां मध्याह्ने तु बुभुक्षया 4.4.
In the morning, by urine and feces; at midday, by hunger.
अर्थस्योपार्जने दुःखमर्जितस्यापि रक्षणे
There is suffering in acquiring wealth, and even in protecting what has been acquired.
चौरेभ्यः सलिलादग्नेः स्वजनात्पार्थिवादपि
From thieves, from water, from fire, from one's own people, and even from the king.
खे यातं पक्षिभिर्मांसं भक्ष्यते श्वापदैर्भुवि
What goes into the sky is eaten by birds; on earth, flesh is consumed by beasts.
विमोहयति संपत्सु तापयंति विपत्तिषु
It deludes in prosperity and torments in adversity.
यथार्थपतिरुद्विग्नो यश्च सर्वार्थनिःस्पृहः
Just as the master of wealth is anxious, so too is one who is indifferent to all possessions.
शीतेन दुःखं हेमंते ग्रीष्मे तापेन दारुणम्
There is suffering from cold in winter, and harsh torment from heat in summer.
विवाहविस्तरे दुःखं तद्गर्भोद्वहने पुनः
There is suffering in the elaborate process of marriage, and again in bearing pregnancy.
दन्ताक्षिरौगैः पुत्रस्य हा कष्टं किं करोम्यहम्
With the child's teething and milk, 'Alas, how hard it is! What can I do?'
अमी प्राघूर्णकाः प्राप्ता भक्तच्छेदे च मे गृहे
These restless ones have arrived, and there is a shortage of food in my house.
प्रदानकाले कन्यायाः कीदृशश्च वरो भवेत् 4.4.
At the time of giving away a daughter, what sort of groom will there be?
कुटुंबचिंताकुलितस्य पुंसः श्रुतं च शीलं च गुणाश्च सर्वे
For a man troubled by concern for his household, learning, character, and all virtues.
राज्येपि च महद्दुःखं संधिविग्रहचिंतया
Even in rulership, there is great suffering from anxiety over alliances and conflicts.
सजातीयाद्वधः प्रायः सर्वेषामेव देहिनाम्
Among all embodied beings, killing by one's own kind is common.
नाप्रधृष्यबलः कश्चिन्नृपः ख्यातोस्ति भूतले
No king on earth is known to possess irresistible strength.
आ जन्मनः प्रभृति दुःख मयं शरीरं कर्मात्मकं तव मया कथितं नरेन्द्र
O King, from birth itself, the body is full of suffering and is governed by karma, as I have explained to you.
पापभेदाख्यानवर्णनम् नरकार्णवघोरेषु यातना पापमुच्यते
In the dreadful ocean of hells, the torments are called sin.
अधर्मभेदा विज्ञेयाश्चित्तवृत्तिप्रभेदतः
The various forms of unrighteousness are to be understood according to the diversity of mental tendencies.
तत्र ये पापनिचयाः स्थूला नरकहेतवः
Among these, those gross accumulations of sin are the causes of hell.
परस्त्रीष्वथ संकल्पश्चेतसानिष्टचिंतनम्
The intention toward another's wife, and thinking evil thoughts in the mind—
अनिबद्धप्रलापित्वमसत्यं चाप्रियं च यत्
Unrestrained prattling, falsehood, and whatever is unpleasant—
अभक्ष्यभक्षणं हिंसा मिथ्या कामस्य सेवनम्
Eating what should not be eaten, violence, and indulging in false desire—
इत्येतद्द्वादशविधं कर्म प्रोक्तं ससाधनम् ।। तेषां भेदं पुनर्वच्मि येषां फलमनंतकम् )। ७ ' ये द्विषंति महादेवं संसारार्णवतारणम्
Thus, these twelvefold actions, along with their means, are declared. Now I will again describe the distinctions among them, whose fruits are endless. Those who hate Mahadeva, the deliverer from the ocean of existence—
महापातकिनश्चैते तत्संसर्गी च पंचमः
These are great sinners, and the one who associates with them is the fifth.
क्रोधाद्द्वेषाद्भयाल्लोभाद्ब्राह्मणं विशसंति ये । 4.5.
Those who, out of anger, hatred, fear, or greed, kill a Brahmin—
ब्राह्मणं च समाहूय याचमानमकिञ्चनम्
And one who, having summoned a Brahmin who is begging and destitute—
यस्तु विद्याभिमानेन नित्यं जयति वै द्विजान्
And whoever, out of pride in knowledge, always defeats the twice-born—
मिथ्यागुणैः स्वमात्मानं नयत्युत्कर्षणं बलात् क्षुत्तृट्संतप्तदेहानां द्विजानां भोक्तुमिच्छताम्
One who, by means of false qualities, forcibly elevates himself, and who desires to eat while twice-borns are tormented by hunger and thirst—
पिशुनः सर्वलोकानां छिद्रान्वेषणतत्परः
A slanderer of all people, ever intent on seeking out faults—